William George&nbspRoberson

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Full Name

William George Roberson

Background

Background TV3 News story hereNZ Newswire story 2nd August 2013 A pedophile who raped and sexually assaulted the five young children of family friends has been jailed for 18 years. The rapes and an indecent assaults took place between 1998 and 2006 and involved "sustained offending and serious offending against very young children in gross breach of trust and with undoubted long-term psychological consequences for the children concerned," Justice Patricia Courtney says.

In the High Court at Auckland on Thursday, William George Roberson, 36, was jailed for 18 years, with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years. He had been found guilty of seven charges of sexual offending against children aged between three and six. Justice Courtney said the worst offences were raping three sisters, aged between three and five, in 2006 when he was boarding with the family.

Over a seven-month period Roberson would rape the girls while there were no other adults in the house. "You lived as part of this family and it is difficult to imagine a worse breach of trust," Justice Courtney said. Roberson's earlier offending included anally raping the four- or five-year-old boy who lived next door in the late 1990s, and also sexually assaulting the boy's female cousin - when she was three- or four-years-old.

Roberson was a troubled man with no insight into his offending, no remorse and no interest in addressing the causes of his offending. He was a high risk of reoffending, according to his assessment.Roberson blamed his crimes on using a lot of cannabis, Justice Courtney said. But she could find no mitigating circumstances, not even Roberson's age at the time. She initially wanted to jail him for at least 12 years, but the law said the maximum such term could only be 10 years.

Alias

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Date of Birth

Born 1977

Offences

Rape (x2), unlawful sexual connection and indecency (x4) against children aged between three and six from mid 1998 until 2006

Current Location

Prison

Three Strikes Status

0

Victims

**Suppressed**

Offender Affiliations

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Gang Affiliations

none known

Parole

Sentenced to 18 years with a 10 year minimum non-parole period in August 2013